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Latitude: 52.191 / 52°11'27"N
Longitude: -2.2245 / 2°13'28"W
OS Eastings: 384746
OS Northings: 254778
OS Grid: SO847547
Mapcode National: GBR 1G4.ND6
Mapcode Global: VH92T.D6B6
Plus Code: 9C4V5QRG+C5
Entry Name: Gascoyne House (Flat Nos 1-7 Consecutive)
Listing Date: 5 April 1971
Last Amended: 12 June 2001
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1390180
English Heritage Legacy ID: 489150
ID on this website: 101390180
Location: Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1
County: Worcestershire
District: Worcester
Electoral Ward/Division: Cathedral
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Worcester
Traditional County: Worcestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire
Church of England Parish: Worcester St Nicholas and All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Worcester
Tagged with: Architectural structure
WORCESTER
SO8454NE SOUTH QUAY
620-1/16/543 (North side)
05/04/71 Gascoyne House (Flat Nos
1-7 consecutive)
(Formerly Listed as:
QUAY STREET
(West side)
Warehouse occupied by
Messrs G Gascoyne)
GV II
Hop and seed warehouse, now flats. Mid C19 with later alterations
including c1980s conversion to flats. Pinkish-red brick with
yellow and purple brick plinth all in English Bond, cement
lintels and sills, and with slate roof.
EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, 10 first-floor windows. 2 hoisting lofts on
river side. All windows are renewed and loading bays are now
glazed. Stepped cornice and wide eaves. Return to Hood Street has
6 first-floor windows; the angle is curved on plan. Rear: central
wide, cambered arch originally allowing access through building.
INTERIOR: renewed, not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Occupying a corner site, this is a significant
streetscape feature overlooking the River Severn, forming a group
of former warehouses with Brown's Restaurant and Bond House,
South Quay (qqv); and together with Merchant's House, Quay Street
(qv), Worcester Bridge, Bridge Street (qv) and St Andrew's Church
Tower, Deansway (qv), these buildings form part of the visual
framework of Worcester Cathedral (qv) from the River.
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